Best Notepads Poems

For decades I waited 
And you did not come 
To listen to my rude insertion 
Finger a sound at the back of my throat
And the...

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I felt my name slip off his tongue 
Before he even thought to consider 
Whether to pronounce it 
Ashanti Asante or Asanti 

Oh Queen Nanny,...

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I haven’t written in a while

I seem to have lost my voice

I'm not sure where or when it left me

Or where to find it

I have...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: U And I Are Different
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: November/1987


U and I are different
    we choose/not 2b
what NOTS  R -

We know/that
NOTS-R-nots,
and

They know/who
they/R...

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You never know when,
a “black death” thumb instead of a “green” one,
will murder your flowers while,
you’re on vacation.

Co-workers, well-meaning;
can slaughter your workplace joy
if you ask...

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Follow the poet to the bottom
Their scrivened souls lead there
Electric verbs and climatic curves
Stoking notions of hoisted up hairs

Winding down the patchy canyon
To laurel beds...

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At the end of the night,
you walked her up to the door in the light.
What you expected next would be a delight.
You did not get...

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Dear New Poet,
Don't you just love modern poetry! So free to be ourselves in so many fun forms. Never mind the sonnet or finding a...

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Over 1200 poems I have constructed, written
bled, cried for, endured tremendous insanity
What do I have to show for it...
just more pencils, just more pens
5 more...

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She wonders about me so pitifully misinformed
But I'd rather she despise me than let her know the truth
A crazy decision; doesn't make sense and
I wonder...

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I lost myself inside the rhythms last night
Soul roll out these speakers
‘Cuz the boom bap blast right

Too many rappers wanna smash mics
But I cradle notepads
And...

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ummm...just some quick thoughts... check and reflect 
I sit and dissect derelicts with dialect deliberately
I think with this pen and as soon as the ink...

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Their grinning heads cover the fields for acres
A sea of happy mini suns, welcoming us to Kansas.
We stare, amazed, having no idea this was possible.
There...

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Back then before upheavals upheaved,
people were gracious
but lacked a common sorrow -
it made them a little dull.

Occasionally a local danger
would excite but rejoicing
and grieving never...

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Here take another pill,
they say it make you feel better.
Forget about the side effects,
they don't matter.
The remedy is worst than the disease.
There's no such thing...

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